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Financial advice crucial to industry fund members: Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... superannuation fund is further encouraging its members to embrace financial planning in the New Year through its partnership with the FPA. Members of Cbus can engage a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) for comprehensive advice, with Cbus head of advice ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... Choice Product of the Year for the AustralianSuper Personal Plan, and took home the Investment Innovation and Leadership Award. FPA Professionals Congress In November about 1100 delegates resided at Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart to cover all the bases ...

Advisers call for exam, standards clarity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... training and ethical conduct of financial advisers is still heavily in the process of setting up, Marshan told last week's FPA Professionals Congress. It may not be until 2020 when the standards will be finalised, he warned. From 1 January 2019 new entrants ...

As one door opens, another closes at FEW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... caught up in what hasn't happened, it's really about what we're going to make happen," Beck said. Beck said aligning with the FPA was particularly important for FEW as it provides an additional platform for promoting financial planning as a valuable ...

Philanthropy at the heart of planning profession

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... across Australia completed a grueling seven-day, 726-kilometre fundraising ride in Hobart last week in the lead up to the 2017 FPA Professionals Congress and to help those in need. This year ten FPA members also took part in extreme hiking challenges ...

Lapse rates review anxiety unfounded: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... ASIC senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird, told last week's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress there is "quite a bit of misunderstanding" around the quality of life insurance work the regulator ...

Big bedrooms pose challenge for planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... commentator believes. The Demographics Group managing director Bernard Salt told the 2017 Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress that the changing nature of Australian households will also have consequences for the delivery of financial ...

Perth planner named Professional of the Year

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... Wealth Advisers, hailed as the most outstanding practice with long-serving employee Michael Hayward taking home the coveted FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award. Hayward, a private client adviser, was recognised for his commitment ...

Fintech is not a threat: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... and satisfaction levels, latest research from the Financial Planning Association of Australia shows. Released at the 2017 FPA Professionals Congress in Hobart this morning, the whitepaper maps fintech to the financial planning process and highlights ...

ASIC remains firm on IFA definitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... of the terms "independent", "impartial" and "unbiased" is too restrictive. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) previously voiced its support for the definitions.